Inside Asian Gaming

IAG DEC 2019年12月 亞博匯 32 Likewise, Clark’s casino operators aren’t scared to admit they have Manila’s Entertainment City in their sights. “You know what we have in Clark that they don’t have in Entertainment City? ” asks Edwin D. Mendoza, a Director at D’Heights owner Donggwang Clark Corporation. “Quick access. They have their own airport and we have our own airport, but for them to travel from the airport to the casinos takes 20 to 30 minutes while it takes us less than 10 minutes. “Clark is just like Manila but without the traffic. All the facilities they have in Entertainment City we have here as well but what we don’t have is the congestion. “You’ll also notice when you drive around Clark that there are a lot of development projects, road widening projects, taking place and you might ask yourself, ‘Why are they widening the road when there is no traffic?’ “It’s called future planning. Foresight. In Clark, before the problem arises, we already have the solution. That’s the difference.” Widus Tower and Casino is undergoing a second expansion that will lift its gaming offering to 200 tables and 1,000 slot machines. Widus Tower and Casino正在進行第二次擴建，屆時將可提供200張賭枱及1000台角子機。 COVER STORY 後再飛回去，要比留在韓國打一場高爾夫還便宜，」Manankil表示， 「來菲律賓打球不僅更便宜，而且還有額外的好處，他們在國內 可進不了賭場。」 據此考慮，Manankil確立了他對克拉克作為菲律賓MCE中心 的願景——一個全球旅遊勝地、提供世界一流的商務和會議設施， 通過豪華賭場、五星級酒店、眾多高爾夫球場及大型家庭主題公 園，提供最佳休閒娛樂場所。 此外，克拉克的賭場經營者還並不諱言他們的目標就是馬尼 拉娛樂城。 「你知道甚麼是克拉克有而娛樂城無的嗎？」D’Heights的所 有權公司Donggwang Clark Corporation的董事Edwin D. Men- doza問道。 「交通便利。他們有他們的機場，我們有我們的機場，但是， 他們從機場到賭場需要20至30分鐘，而我們則只需不到10分鐘。」 「克拉克就是沒有交通問題的馬尼拉。他們在娛樂城擁有的 所有設施這裏也都能找到，但我們沒有他們的交通堵塞。」 「當開車在克拉克周圍行駛時，你還會注意到有很多開發項 目及拓寬道路的項目正在進行。或許你會問，『為甚麼在沒有人流 的情況下拓寬道路？』」 「這就對未來的規劃。遠見。在克拉克，在問題出現之前，我 們已經有了解決方案。這就是區別。」